Republic of Moldova

National Consultants (two) on provision of technical assistance for community development projects

Vacancy Number: Pr13/00354

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	11 Aug 2013, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	20 Aug 2013
Reference to the project:	Joint Integrated Local Development Programme
Expected Duration of Assignment:	10 months up to 140 days each LOT
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted on-line by pressing “Apply on-line” link, no later than 11 August 2013. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: constantin.elisei@undp.org. UNDP will respond by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Terms of Reference RO Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

The Overall Objective of Joint Integrated Local Development Programme (JILDP) is to support better and equitable service provision and sustainable local development, facilitated by the improved legal and institutional framework resulting from the implementation of the National Decentralization Strategy. The Immediate Objectives of the Programme are:

-To support the Government in improving the policy and legal framework as mandated by the National Decentralization Strategy to ensure local autonomy, availability of resources, and more effective local management for better and equitable service provision.

- To improve the capacity of Local Public Authorities/LPAs to deliver efficient, equitable and accessible local public services, to facilitate sustainable development and foster social inclusion.

The interventions at the local level (20 target communities) will aim at developing models of operational local governments - ‘champions of change’ - by providing support to implement changes in the operation and structure of local governments in line with the changes brought by the Decentralization Strategy. JILDP will assist LPA in improving their capacity and operations, will support target communities and their local authorities to provide quality and equitable public services to achieve sustainable human-cantered and gender-responsive economic and social development, in the main areas affected by the Decentralization Strategy.

In order to efficiently implement the designed systems and procedures, the Programme will work to consolidate the LPA capacities in the above-mentioned areas along three dimensions: i) improvement of individual professional capacities through training of municipal officials and local administration staff in strong cooperation with the Academy of Public Administration and CALM; ii) strengthening of institutional capacity, through the introduction of improved methods and organizational arrangements for delivery of quality services and managing municipal public resources and iii) build-up of systemic capacity for effective inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) and intergovernmental relations between local authorities and the central level authorities and administration.

To facilitate the implementation of community development projects targeting improvement of local public services in 20 target localities JILDP, is seeking highly qualified technical consultancy.

Scope of work

The overall objective of the National Consultant on provision of technical assistance for community development projects (hereinafter Consultant) is to provide qualified technical assistance during the entire cycle of community development projects’ elaboration, implementation monitoring and evaluation.

For detailed information, please refer to Annex 1 – Terms of Reference.

Requirements for experience

I. Academic Qualifications:

• University Degree in civil engineering, architecture or other relevant fields;

II. Years of experience:

• At least five years of professional working experience in the civil engineering field;
• At least three years of work within community development programs;
• Proven experience in working with the international organizations (successful experience in working with UN agencies is an asset);

III. Competencies:

• Knowledge of civil engineering, local construction norms and standards, building laws;
• Practice and abilities in implementation of community development programs;
• A strong client-service orientation;
• High level of responsibility and organization capacities;
• Computer proficiency, including knowledge of MS Office products (Word, Excel, Power Point);
• Proficiency in Romanian and Russian.

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Proposal explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;

2. Financial proposal;

3. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references, or dully filled Personal History Form P11

 

Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR.  In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown (fee per consultancy day in office * days; fee per consultancy day in field * days) of this lump sum amount (including fee, taxes, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel.  In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

 

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